Badminton

Badminton

From Jayakarta

It was a great pity that Susi Susanti was defeated when playing Hisako Mizui of Japan in the Hiroshima Asian Games. And so Indonesia failed to win four gold medals in the badminton event. Susi's defeat must have been a big shock to Indonesia's badminton fans. No doubt Mizui herself must be very surprised at defeating the world renown player.

In this relation I would like to ask Susi whether Hisako Mizui is really better than her. Or, what is really behind her defeat? We cannot just accept cliche comments like "I am not in the mood..." or "the opponent plays much better..." What we want to hear is a sincere explanation from Susi, or from her coach, or even from the officials. I am sure that many others still want to know what really happened. I'd like to thank Susi and others concerned.

J. YANTO

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